Morning.
The street near the stage. Fireballs were flying everywhere. Tama was scattering charges, trying to
hit Hercyl. The kid dodged as best he could. Mirai looked at the tablet and spoke.
— Lex, you can!
Lex ran towards Hercyl, jumping up, he struck a strong blow, but the boy dodged again.
Lex and Tama continued to attack. Hercyl, unable to stand it, fired lightning at the girl. Mirai spoke without looking up from the screen.
— Runo, Fleur!
And Runo immediately transferred Fleur, who in turn stopped the charge.
After that, they all attacked Hercyl together. Tama threw fireballs, Lex raced towards the kid, and
Runo carried Fleur behind Hercyl's back.
At that moment, the kid touched them and energy flowed through his veins. The guys were confused. Lex leapt and struck at Hercyl, hitting him right in the back, but he did not even move.
The kid laughed, turned around and grabbed Lex's arm. Then he threw Fleur at Runo.
Tama released a semblance of an ice ray and grazed Hercyl's arm, freezing it.
The boy, angry, carried Tame behind his back and knocked her down. Ray, who was standing next to Mirai, started to move towards them, but the leader stopped him.
At that moment, Runo transferred Lex to a tight one to Hercyl, and he hit him right in the jaw with his fist, but unsuccessfully.
Hercyl already tried to hit Lex, but Fleur blocked the blow. An epic fist fight began. Tama got into it and at the moment when Runo grabbed Hercyl, the girl fired a fireball, which also did not work, but a blue glow appeared from Hercyl.
Runo got distracted and Hercyl threw it off. Lex took out a disc from somewhere and threw it, hitting it right on the back of the head. Hercyl started holding his head.
Everyone got mad at the kid at once. Dodging Lex's punches, Hercil hurled it at Tama.
Then he moved behind Lex's back and hit him surreptitiously. Then he looked at the fleece, picked up the disk and launched it. He, in turn, teleported to the previous point, which is why the disk took him out and he fell.
Mirai rolled her eyes, entered 4 ticks into the tablet, then looked at Riley and scratched her head.
Suddenly, a dissatisfied voice rang out from under the stage.
— Well, what are you making a noise about? Can I at least have a rest on Saturday?
Said a sleepy Glory with a cup of coffee.
Hercyl shouted.
— Well, since you've come, let's attack!
Glory frowned.
— No...
Hercyl pointed his hand towards the boy and, aiming at the cup, shot lightning.
Glory rolled his eyes and, removing his hand from the trajectory of the lightning, the projectile spilled past.
After that, he calmly put the cup on the stage and walked slowly towards Hercyl. Noticing a small circle of burnt grass, he stopped in front of her.
At that moment, Hercyl moved to the center of the circle, and then touched Glory.
Hercyl's body began to glow green. The kid was trying to figure out what was going on. Glory just smiled and sent Hercyl flying with a snap. After that, he sowed green energy himself and when
Hercyl moved back to the center of the circle, he drove it into the ground.
Glory shook off his hands and went to get his cup.
Mirai marked the circle opposite the checkboxes.
— Okay, we're wrapping up, I'm waiting in the hangar in an hour...
After a while, everyone gathered at the table in the hangar.
Mirai placed the tablet in the center and included it in the diagram.
— So, our organization intercepted ancient decryptions last week...
Lex interrupted.
— How old are they?
— According to the data, they are at least 2000 years old.
Runo spoke.
— Transcripts?
— No, notes!.. They talk about an artifact that has mysterious abilities.
Hercyl asked.
— Which?
— I don't know!.. In general, it is located in the desert in the south of the continent and we were all given the opportunity to go on an expedition.
Fleur spoke.
— How long will it take?
Mirai wanted to say something, but Glory interrupted her and said.
— For one episode or chapter.
Mirai sighed, then spoke.
— Does anyone else have any stupid questions?
Glory told me.
— Yes. And where does the table come from? When I left, he wasn't here...
Mirai irritably took the tablet and went to the jet.
An hour later, the whole team was on its way. ***
Glancing out the porthole, Glory asked Runo.
— Why didn't you just take us to the desert?
— You know, my power is not as simple as it seems, because in order to teleport to a place, I need to know the dista...
— That's it, that's enough, no one is interested ...
Runo was upset.
A few hours later, they arrived in the desert.
The back door of the jet opened. Mirai came out first, taking out her tablet, she counted them all.
— Okay, Fleur, Lex, Hercyl... Three from sour milk... Runo, Riley... Oh, Thurik, are you here too? I didn't see it because of you invisibility.
— I didn't use it at all...
— Well done, well done, and we have the last one... Bike.
— I'm Mike.
— Hmm... Okay, let's remember.
The sun was burning hard. Mirai spoke.
— So, according to the coordinates, it's somewhere here. The error is about 15-20 meters. Look for...
Everyone dispersed and wandered around in search of something unclear. Tama asked.
— And what exactly are we looking for?
— I don't know, maybe a casket, a box or any other storage...
Glory whispered.
— As long as it's not a lamp...
After a few minutes, having trampled almost everything in the area, everyone began to get tired.
Lex shouted.
— I found it!
Everyone came running to him. The boy took out a large ancient tooth from the sand. Ray spoke up.
— It's a bone... and by the way, it's fucking big, maybe a dinosaur has it.
Mirai sighed.
— Okay, let's load up... let them send a group of archaeologists, not us...
everyone went to jet. Mike, staring at the giant tooth, caught on something and fell.
Everyone turned around, and the kid noticed a protruding peak.
— Here, fuck it... You're going to get it from me right now!
Mike tried to kick the ledge, but hit it even harder with his other foot.
Mirai looked at the find.
— It seems... It's exactly it. Can you get Glory?
— Let's see.
The kid hit fist to fist and was covered with green energy, after which he grabbed the peak and tried to pull it out.
Suddenly, the sand trembled in the area and a triangular structure began to appear in place of the peak.
The structure was so big that the guys seemed to be rolling down a slide. The fleece transported everyone to the jet in an instant.
The pyramid rose to its full height. The guys got off the ship and saw a large structure in front of them.
Thurik spoke.
— I think this is exactly it...
Everyone came to the entrance. Two stone slabs joined together and formed doors. Lex and Hercyl used their powers to push them apart.
A dark corridor with patterned runes on the walls appeared in front of them.
Tama lit the hanging torches and the drawings cleared up. Mirai came closer and tried to decipher them. Runo asked.
— Well, how is it? What's going on?
— Now...
She was using a tablet to sort through various drawings with prepared hieroglyphs.
— There's something about it... The sun!
Glory walked over to them and peered at the runes.
— What's not clear here? There are people, there is a man with a hat, it glows, it means important, people lie down, it means they worship... The ruler and the subjects, and in the pyramid probably the king himself and his hat...
— Nonsense... Obviously, everything is much more complicated here than your comics, so don't get in the way.
A sulky Glory stepped aside. For 30 minutes, everyone just stared at the walls, not trying to move forward.
Only Lex and Tama were standing near the stone doors at the end of the corridor.
— Can I break it?..
— No... It's better to blow it up...
At this time, Glory was leaning from side to side in the hope of some kind of progress.
— Maybe we should go already, you probably stand for an hour and just look at the walls...
— Don't bother... if they have nothing to do, go out and pick up the bones, they will be needed.
Glory sighed and returned to the walls. Suddenly, he noticed a small convex rune. Scratching his head, the boy shouted.
— Hey, I've clearly found the very button that activates all sorts of traps, should I press it?
No one answered anything.
— Well, as you wish ...
The boy pressed the plate with the image of an eye, which fell into the depths of the wall, after which some noise was made and the walls began to shake. Everyone turned to look at Glory, who just spread his hands.
— And I told you!
Mirai screamed.
— Everyone be on the alert!
The guys stood in the middle and waited for the worst. But after the noise ended, suddenly the stone slabs boiled off and opened a passage. Mirai exhaled.
Lex spoke up.
— Who will check?
Everyone looked at Glory and kicked her out of the circle. The boy looked out of the doorway with apprehension and looked around.
— It's clear...
Everyone followed. In front of them was a spacious dark room with low ceilings, in the center of which stood a structure resembling a well, from which a faded blue light emanated.
Lex walked up to him and looked inside and said.
— Well, well...
Glory walked up to Lex and also stared into the depths.
— Well,well...
Ray spoke up.
— Did we need this?
Mirai checked the tablet.
— I don't think so. The artifact is specified in the protocol.
Hercyl also went to the well.
— Maybe he's at the bottom?
Lex spoke up.
— Maybe. Then go and get out.
— Why is that, me? Go yourself.
— Well, who lived in the gutters? Well, at least go and bring your turtle friends...
Hercyl sighed.
At this time, Runo and Thurik were looking at the walls, suddenly, bumping into another door, Runo shouted.
— Hey, come here!
Everyone came closer. A strange door with a kind of lock appeared from the light of the torch. Lex suggested it.
— Well, disperse, I'll open it.
Mirai stopped him by saying.
— Don't. The pyramid is already not the first freshness, and there is probably some mechanism here that opens it. Everyone, look for something similar to a lever or a stove.
Everyone scattered again. Glory and Ray went to the well. Glory spoke.
— Maybe I'll throw a coin, it'll probably open.
— Do you have any with you?
Glory rummaged in his pockets and said.
— No. Only three screws...
— And I don't have...
— Hey! Does anyone have a coin?
Glory cried out. Mike, responding, came running.
— On.
And he held out a gold coin.
Glory, surprised, asked.
— Where did you get it from? It's probably a collector's item.
— Yes, there... I stole it from Ricopot.
— Aah... Well, I see.
— Lucky...
Ray said, adjusting his helmet.Glory was about to throw, but Mirai's voice distracted him.
— Hey, there are runes here too.
Tama and Riley's voice rang out.
— We found another door.
Lex spoke up.
— And us.
Hercyl said.
— And me.
Mirai sighed and even screamed.
— That's great! Now there are 4 of them!
Holding her head, she looked at the runes again and noticed something interesting similar to the silhouettes of 4 people, one of which depicted a man with a headdress.
— Okay, check the doors! Is there anything different from the others? Signs, drawings.
Lex spoke up.
— There's a sword here, some kind.
Hercyl shouted.
— Something round.
Tama spoke.
— The feather...
Runo shouted.
— Hat, hat!
Everyone came up to her. Mirai spoke.
— Well, we figured it out, we're right on this one...
The guys stood and looked at the door, only Glory, Ray and Mike stayed at the well. Glory spoke.
— Well, what is it? I'm throwing...
— Wait! There's obviously something wrong here...
— Have you noticed it?
— Yes... It feels like...
— Is everything easy? The rooms are empty, the interior has not been thought out.
— No, it's like someone's watching.
— Well, maybe the helmet is loose or because the space is like that... It's small.
Mike spoke up.
— Maybe a premonition?
Ray told me.
— Maybe... Well, anyway, there are no other ideas – let's throw it.
Glory smiled and solemnly raised his hand over the well and let go of the coin. She flew down and seemed to evaporate, but after a moment there was a sound like a splash. The guys were just waiting. Ray spoke up.
— It really looks like a well...
Glory sighed.
— I think...
Mike said.
— The coin is pathetic. It will rust there.
Glory was confused for a second.
— Wait, where does water come from in the desert at all?
Suddenly Turik's voice rang out, who broke the lock on the door.
— Yes, sir..
Mirai spoke.
— Everyone be on the alert, we go in one at a time.
A deep room with sarcophagi and a chest in the center appeared in front of them. Tama lit the torches on the walls.
Almost everyone went into the room, only Glory stayed at the door looking back.
The boys went to the chest. A small mouse ran across the floor, which is why Ray abruptly began to look around.
Lex went to the chest and had already opened it, tearing off the lid, but at that moment Ray shouted.
— Careful!
— Huh?
At that moment, the mouse ran up to the chest and abruptly transformed into a gorilla, who punched Lex right in the jaw, causing him to fly away. The gorilla grabbed the chest and, taking out an ancient crown with precious stones, turned into a human.
It turned out to be Dayla, she was about to put on the crown, but then Mirai shouted.
— Stop!
Dayla paused with the crown above her head and looked at Mirai.
— Wow, she really stopped...
Deila was almost wearing the crown, but then Tama threw fireballs at her, Hercyl tried to fire lightning, but only sparks flew out, then Mike launched lightning from two hands.
The charges flew at the girl, she covered herself with a crown, which absorbed the energy of the projectiles. Everyone was surprised.
Deila hesitated for a second, but immediately put on the crown. The gems were seeded green, as were her eyes.
Glory grabbed the first stick he saw and threw it at her. But then a huge wave of energy was released from the crown, which knocked everyone off their feet, and the lights on the torches turned green.
Mirai got up first and spoke.
— Retreat!
Lex said sarcastically.
— Come on, what are we doing in a crowd, or can't we handle her alone?
Deila raised her arms, after which all the sarcophagi began to open and mummies began to crawl out.
Glory shouted.
— Your mother! I haven't read how to fuck mummies! Ru-u-uno!
Runo looked around, everyone joined hands and the boy moved outside, but after looking around again, he spoke.
— No, fuck...
Only Glory, Tama, Fleur and Thurik were with him. Glory shouted.
— You couldn't remember the distance to the jet?! And why couldn't you move the others? We've been rehearsing!
— I don't know! Maybe the crown absorbs the power?
Glory sighed.
— Okay, then just go back for the others.
— Right now...
Runo tried to move inside, but collapsed on the sand.
— I can't... I don't have enough strength.
Glory spoke.
— Okay, then run to the jet with Turik, and we will help the others.
Glory, Tama and Fleur ran up to the entrance and saw that it was littered with rocks. The kid shouted.
— So fu-u-uck!
At this time, another part of the team was fighting off the eagles of the mummies. Lex scattered the dead to the right and left, while Ray expertly fought back with his helmet. Mike tried to attack with lightning bolts, but it didn't help and the mummies got up and attacked again.
Hercyl defended Mirai and Riley. Mirai encouraged Riley and she fired a beam at the crown, but nothing happened. Mirai spoke.
— Aim at the mummies!
Riley nodded. At that moment, Deila released an even larger wave of energy, which knocked everyone off their feet again, and Riley accidentally launched a beam at Mirai and she froze in stone. Everyone was horrified.
At that moment, outside Glory, Fleur and Tama only felt the release of energy after clearing the way.
Suddenly, strange vibrations began in the sand. At the moment when Runo and Thurik almost reached the jet, a giant bone worm with the size of a house burst out of the sand and, having devoured the aircraft, dug into the sand again. Everyone froze and didn't know what to do next...